Action: Show/Toggle Fx chain for item take?

[Vagelis]

I want to show/toggle the fx chain of an item take, but i didn't find any action other than Show Fx chain for item take.

Does anyone know if there's a script to do this or to close/hide the fx chain from an item take?

[foxAsteria]

Well it's not a perfect solution, but you can make a cycle action and just close all fx chain windows as the second step.

[Vagelis]

I tried the action you mention but it didn't close the fx chain of the item.Maybe because it works only for the track fx chain?

[foxAsteria]

Maybe, yea. What I've done is assign 'toggle close all floating windows' to esc key to deal with all of them at once. You may need to add 'focus main window' before it in a custom action.

[Edgemeal]

Originally Posted by Vagelis

Does anyone know if there's a script to do this or to close/hide the fx chain from an item take?

Try something like,..

-- Toggle FX chain show for selected item

item = reaper.GetSelectedMediaItem(0, 0) -- Get 1st selected item

if item then
  take = reaper.GetActiveTake(item)
  index_visible = reaper.TakeFX_GetChainVisible(take) 
  if index_visible >= 0 then -- take fx chain is visible  
    reaper.TakeFX_Show(take, index_visible, 0) -- showflag=0 for hidechain, =1 for show chain(index valid), =2 for hide floating window(index valid), =3 for show floating window (index valid)
 else
    reaper.Main_OnCommand(40638, 0) -- Item: Show FX chain for item take
  end
end

[Vagelis]

Edgemeal this is gold thank you very much!!
It toggles perfectly the fx window when a fx is on the item take.

By the way when there's no fx on the item take, the action opens the fx browser and doesn't close/toggle the window till i add a fx.

I'd like to ask if it's possible to show/toggle the fx browser even when there's no fx on the item take.

Big thanks again!!

[Edgemeal]

Originally Posted by Vagelis

I'd like to ask if it's possible to show/toggle the fx browser even when there's no fx on the item take.

Only way I know off hand would be to use js_ReaScriptAPI extension to find those 'add fx to item' windows and close them, so maybe something like this,..

if not reaper.APIExists("JS_Window_Find") then
  reaper.MB("js_ReaScriptAPI extension is required for this script.", "Missing API", 0)
  return
end

local item = reaper.GetSelectedMediaItem(0, 0) -- Get 1st selected item

if item then
  local take = reaper.GetActiveTake(item)
  local index = reaper.TakeFX_GetChainVisible(take)
  if index >= 0 then -- take fx chain is visible
    reaper.TakeFX_Show(take, index, 0) -- showflag=0 for hidechain, =1 for show chain(index valid), =2 for hide floating window(index valid), =3 for show floating window (index valid)
  else  -- close 'fx item' windows if found
    local hwnd1 = reaper.JS_Window_Find(reaper.JS_Localize("Add FX to: Item", "common"), false)
    local hwnd2 = reaper.JS_Window_Find(reaper.JS_Localize("FX: Item", "common"), false)
    if hwnd1 or hwnd2 then
      if hwnd1 then reaper.JS_WindowMessage_Post(hwnd1, "WM_CLOSE", 0,0,0,0) end
      if hwnd2 then reaper.JS_WindowMessage_Post(hwnd2, "WM_CLOSE", 0,0,0,0) end
    else -- show fx chain/fx add browser
      reaper.Main_OnCommand(40638, 0) -- Item: Show FX chain for item take
    end 
  end
end

[Vagelis]

Sir you 're awesome!!

[RJHollins]

Originally Posted by Edgemeal

Only way I know off hand would be to use js_ReaScriptAPI extension to find those 'add fx to item' windows and close them, so maybe something like this,..

if not reaper.APIExists("JS_Window_Find") then
  reaper.MB("js_ReaScriptAPI extension is required for this script.", "Missing API", 0)
  return
end

local item = reaper.GetSelectedMediaItem(0, 0) -- Get 1st selected item

if item then
  local take = reaper.GetActiveTake(item)
  local index = reaper.TakeFX_GetChainVisible(take)
  if index >= 0 then -- take fx chain is visible
    reaper.TakeFX_Show(take, index, 0) -- showflag=0 for hidechain, =1 for show chain(index valid), =2 for hide floating window(index valid), =3 for show floating window (index valid)
  else  -- close 'fx item' windows if found
    local hwnd1 = reaper.JS_Window_Find(reaper.JS_Localize("Add FX to: Item", "common"), false)
    local hwnd2 = reaper.JS_Window_Find(reaper.JS_Localize("FX: Item", "common"), false)
    if hwnd1 or hwnd2 then
      if hwnd1 then reaper.JS_WindowMessage_Post(hwnd1, "WM_CLOSE", 0,0,0,0) end
      if hwnd2 then reaper.JS_WindowMessage_Post(hwnd2, "WM_CLOSE", 0,0,0,0) end
    else -- show fx chain/fx add browser
      reaper.Main_OnCommand(40638, 0) -- Item: Show FX chain for item take
    end 
  end
end

Will this be available with ReaPack ?

[Edgemeal]

Originally Posted by RJHollins

Will this be available with ReaPack ?

IMO it shouldn't be, its really a hack since any window with matching title bar text would get closed. Maybe someone else knows a better way?

[kris.audioplanet]

Is there a way to hide item FX names on the item title bar itself?

[Edgemeal]

Originally Posted by kris.audioplanet

Is there a way to hide item FX names on the item title bar itself?

I don't see an option to hide fx names on items, only the item name, Maybe do a Feature Request?